Pinterest!!

 

Just a quick post to say how I am seriously addicted to pinterest.... love it!!.... Heres a screen shot of my homepage... showing images that the people I am following have pinned recently. My pinterest page link is;  http://pinterest.com/fichapman/

Fruity pattern..

Desperately trying to find time to do more at the moment, lots on.. job hunting, interning, working on odd projects and really want to make something for mums new kichen..

think it might look fun as table cloth for summer!

Lesley Evers

Loving.... Lesley Evers fashion design, absolutely adore these examples... and so much more on her website.

Gorgeous, yes!?

Anthropologie Love

Last week it was my mums Birthday and as part of her present I decided to buy her three of these bowls from Anthropologie for her new kitchen. I was absolutely thrilled as she liked them as much as I did!! 

Anthropologie is a new found love, love love their ethnic inspired collections and their colour combos... 

Another post about colour!

 

 

I posted my colour swatches a while ago, and thought I'd do it again! As I'm painting I tend to 'try out' the colour on a scrap piece of paper, resulting in scrap paper with random marks and different colour combinations, which I seem to hoard on my desk..... this way my desk might be tidier! :-) Looking for an opportunity to use these colour combos...

Some paisleys I worked on the other week.

 

 

Country Living show 2011!

 

There were so many beautiful things at the show-

I loved the imagery of this stand for 

'BEG bicycles'- typography included! Their

website is gorgeous too.

Below is another cute stand of Acorn and Will

I took a liking to- for childrens design,

such cute wallpaper!

 

 Some ceramics I fell in love with at the show, by Kate Hackett.

 

 Mum and I also took a trip to John Lewis on Oxford Road, 

my absolute favourite department store, 

 gorgeous packaging and easter gifts amongst much else.

 

 

But now I'm putting my head down to work on a project, which isnt the usual me... its much bolder than my childrenswear design work.... also completing childrenswear designs too :-)

Little mermaids

Some mermaids from this week. I was thinking today how at uni I hardly used photoshop and illustrator, but now, I cant imagine not! Love the clean lines it can create.

Country Homes and Interiors Magazine- inspiration!

 The latest version of Country Homes and Interiors flew through my door last week and I've been loving these Spring pages. Beautiful shades of ocre and green. I've been using alot of warm, girlie colours in my work lately, but I'm such a fan of all colour- and these natural shades are also just up my street!........If I had my own house I'd absolutely use that green wallpaper above, really brings the outside, inside! Also love the fact that Spring is just about here..... I saw some little lambs on the train to leeds at the weekend! :)

Another girlswear design

  Another girlswear design for my girlswear brief. I want to draw more owls now, they can be so fun!

Think I'm seeing pink bows in the trees...... 

 

A gorgeous competition!

Just joined this competition- look at whats on offer- gorgeous : )

Follow this link to enter!

An older/teen girlswear design.... making my blog look very pink!!

A quick little moodboard to give a feel of whats out there- Girlswear

 

A very quick little mood board I made for my Millie Loves Rosie brief.. to give me a feel of whats already out there... loved doing this research, so many gorgeous bits of embroidery and detail. :-)

1st Girlswear idea for 'Millie Loves Rosie'

 

My first girlswear design for Millie loves Rosies brief... needs a few more tweeks before I send it off. I'm working between lots of designs, and job hunting so busy, busy! Love working on kidswear design and the brief I've been given is so exciting! :-)

See their website here my russian dolls pattern is in the portfollio section, yay!! And heres their blog its got some very inspirational work on it, including the work of 'Belle and Boo,' which is absolutely gorgeous!

Some painterly Mothers day and Fathers day cards

 

 

Mothers Day and Fathers Day cards I've been developing for Birkett Designs, the top two show the work in progress, and at the bottom are the final designs.

A repeat idea.

 A surface pattern idea I was playing around with last night. The stripes on the right hand side could form a pattern to complement the design on the left. Its still work in progress

A post about colour.....!

I love fresh, vibrant colour..... here are some of my swatches from when I've been testing out colours as I'm painting design ideas. I think theyre worth keeping to help me explore different colour combinations and to work from when doing designs on CAD.

Bob the 3rd!

This little puppy dog visited yesterday, cheered me up so much... all this job hunting is somewhat exhausting.
Thought i'd post this picture up, so it can make whoever sees it smile too! :)

A current mood board above my desk- love it! I'm a massive fan of Boden as you can see...

I need to stop staring at it though.... but who can blame me.... lovely bits and pieces!

Another cats idea for Birkett designs

Above is a design I developed, with a heavier CAD design focus.  Below is another design idea, also for ceramics. 

Below is the idea to go with my previous scotty dogs design.